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Tenants of apartments or houses for rent in Mississauga might not know it but the humble cardboard tube has some incredible uses. So the next time you finish a roll of toilet paper, paper towels, kitchen foil or cling wrap, save the tube! Here are a few ideas to get you started:

Protect your knives – Flatten a paper towel tube, close one end with duct tape, and you have the perfect sheath for a knife. This comes in handy for camping, picnicking, or moving house.

Get rid of pests – Come warmer weather, when you sit outside your Mississauga rental and enjoy the breeze, you will need something to catch flies, gnats and mosquitoes. A homemade pest strip can be made from an empty cardboard roll. Simply cover it with tape, sticky side out, and hang where needed.

Preserve those papers – Store diplomas, certificates and other important documents in paper towel tubes.

Store knitting needles –To protect the needles from bending and breaking, take a tube from kitchen foil or cling wrap and cover one end with tape. Pinch the other end closed and secure with tape. Now slide the needles into the tube through the tape on the taped end. The tape holds them in place securely.

Wrinkle preventer – Cut a paper towel tube lengthwise, fold it in half horizontally and place it over the hanger. Now tape the cardboard sides together and hang up your trousers. No more tell-tale wrinkles!

Tangle-free – Nothing is more frustrating than untangling Christmas lights! To solve this problem, wrap the lights around a cardboard tube and secure with masking tape. You can also store small strands of lights inside cardboard tubes and seal the ends with masking tape.

If you discover other uses for these tubes in your home for rent in Mississauga, be sure to let us know!